. Ellwanger & Barry's general catalogue : Mount Hope nurseries. GENERAL CATALOGUE. 63 AMERICAN SPECIES AND VARIETIES. M. M Magnolia acuminata. Cucumber Magnolia. A. A beautiful, pyramidal growing- tree, attaining from 60 to 90 feet in height. Leaves 6 to 9 inches long, and bluish green ; flowers yellow, tinted with bluish purple; fruit, when green, resembling a cucumber; hence the name. June. 50c. glauca. Glaucous-leaved Magnolia or Swamp Laurel, Sweet Bay. C. A small tree, indigenous to New Jersey; leaves shining above, glaucous or whitish beneath. Flowers white with a very sweet and plea
. Ellwanger & Barry's general catalogue : Mount Hope nurseries. GENERAL CATALOGUE. 63 AMERICAN SPECIES AND VARIETIES. M. M Magnolia acuminata. Cucumber Magnolia. A. A beautiful, pyramidal growing- tree, attaining from 60 to 90 feet in height. Leaves 6 to 9 inches long, and bluish green ; flowers yellow, tinted with bluish purple; fruit, when green, resembling a cucumber; hence the name. June. 50c. glauca. Glaucous-leaved Magnolia or Swamp Laurel, Sweet Bay. C. A small tree, indigenous to New Jersey; leaves shining above, glaucous or whitish beneath. Flowers white with a very sweet and pleasant odor. May and June. $ macrophylla. Great-leaved Magnolia. B. A superb species, of medium size. Leaves two feet in length, pubescent and white beneath. Flowers white, of immense size ; when fully blown, 8 to 10 inches in diam- eter, appearing in June. A rare tropical looking tree, $ M. tripetela. Umbrella Tree. B. A hardy, medium-sized tree, with immense leaves, and large, white flowers, 4 to 6 inches in diameter, appearing- in June. $ M. Tliompsoniana. Thompson's Magnolia. B. A hybrid between M. glauca and M. tripetela. Tree of medium size, spreading habit, with large, fine foliage. The flowers, which appear in June, and continue during the summer, are large, creamy-white, and very fragrant, A charming species, requiring some protection in this latitude in winter. $ CHINESE SPECIES AND THEIR HYBRIDS. {Flowering in May before the leaves appear.) Magnolia conspicua. Chinese White Magnolia. Chandelier, or Yulan Magnolia. C. A Chinese species of great beauty. The tree is of medium size, shrub-like in growth while young, but attains the size of a tree in time. The flowers are large, pure white, very numerous, and appear before the leaves. $ to $ M. Kobus. Thurber's Japan Magnolia. B. A tree of medium size, bushy growth; flowers blush white and fragrant. $ M. Norbertiana. Norbert's Magnolia. C. A hy- brid between M. conspicua and M. obovata. Tre
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